"Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3: 13, 14
Paul is talking about arriving at a goal. The goal is to be like Jesus; to have a righteousness that comes through faith in Christ and to do the work He called him to do.
There were things in Paul's past that he is eager to forget. The past cannot be recalled, to be lived a second time - we have to move on, living in the present, and looking to the future.
We can identify with Paul – not many of us have yet arrived at the goal he mentions. The race is ongoing, and we are runners in the race – so we press on.
What is the heavenward call of God? Could it be that God is challenging us to go higher – to reach for the stars and live a life that's more like that of the perfect model, Jesus?
Success, if attained, is not a platform to stop at – it's merely a place to pause before we move on to attain the next goal. Many people have set goals, reached them and stagnated, because they never set another goal.
What goal have you set for yourself?
